GamesRadar - You're not a Real Fan

February 13th, 2008, 05:25

GamesRadar has one of their tongue-in-cheek articles up about some seriously hardcore gamers called You're not a Real Fan and it may be worth a look just for some of the examples from beyond the fringe of gaming like this:

Think youíve got a nice game library do you? We donít care if you can bust out a copy of Little League Baseball or Duck Hunt for the NES. Your videogame library sucks and is in sore need of just about everything when compared to real collections. Click here for an interview with the anonymous owner of what might possibly be the largest personal videogame library ever. Itís so huge in fact, that he canít even say how many systems or games he currently has stockpiled away. What he can say is that it took him over 16 years to amass his ginormous archive of vintage gaming titles, consoles and accessories.

Berlin once had one, but it failed, since the town's government wasn't willing to help the originator of it (read: give him room/space).

Munich has a "software museum", I learned, but they accept no games, sadly.

Other than that, I don't know of any.

-- ď Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius Ė and a lot of courage Ė to move in the opposite direction.ď (E.F.Schumacher, Economist, Source)

There is one in Sweden, it has been a loooooooooooooong time since I was there but when I was,,, they had a setup with a 16 computer LAN where you could play C&C I was overwhelmed ( IT IS A LONG TIME AGO OK )

This article is almost 2 years old…. maybe he got a much bigger one by now?

Originally Posted by GothicGothicness
There is one in Sweden, it has been a loooooooooooooong time since I was there but when I was,,, they had a setup with a 16 computer LAN where you could play C&C I was overwhelmed ( IT IS A LONG TIME AGO OK )

This article is almost 2 years old…. maybe he got a much bigger one by now?

Only if he bought a new house!

There's a video game library starting up in Austin Texas I think. I remember posting something about a bunch of video game devs donating their collections…it's been awhile though so the details escape me.